Bobo v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• psychiatrist-patient privilege “prohibits the defendant from engaging in a ‘fishing expedition’ regarding a witness’ consultations with a psychiatrist.”
• psychiatrist- patient privilege “prohibits the defendant from engaging in a ‘fishing 13 expedition’ regarding a witness’ consultations with a psychiatrist”
• upon a showing of necessity, the accused may gain access to privileged information
• the personal psychiatrist who did not testify was privileged and his testimony was cumulative
• nevertheless holding a criminal defendant, who asserted the privilege must yield to his constitutional right of confrontation, had failed to show the necessity for admission of privileged communications between a witness against him and her psychiatrist
• nevertheless holding a criminal defendant, who asserted the privilege must yield to his constitutional right of confrontation, had failed to show the necessity for admission of privileged communications between a witness against him and her psychiatrist

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

46 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ex Parte United Service Stations, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1993-09-24· cited 386×
• Commonwealth v. Kyle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-20· cited 97×
• Commonwealth v. Barroso
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-12-18· cited 92×
• King v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-30· cited 81×
• Gale v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1990-05-02· cited 80×
• Lucas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-11-19· cited 72×
• Glass v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-05-03· cited 67×
• Goldsmith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-01-12· cited 58×
• State v. Peseti
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2003-02-27· cited 49×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-11-24· cited 39×
• Hunt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-07-16· cited 31×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-10-05· cited 28×
• Trammel v. Bradberry
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-05-31· cited 24×
• Kennestone Hospital, Inc. v. Hopson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-13· cited 23×
• Atkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-30· cited 22×
• Salley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-02-11· cited 21×
• State v. Blackwell
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2017-05-31· cited 19×
• Plunkett v. Ginsburg
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-02-17· cited 18×
• Dynin v. Hall
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-01-29· cited 17×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-02-21· cited 17×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Davis v. Alaska
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
• In Re Lifschutz
  California Supreme Court· 1970-04-15· cited 245×
• Hines v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-04-07· cited 153×
• In Re B.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 150×
• Emmett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-04-04· cited 79×
• People v. District Court in & for the City & County of Denver
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1986-06-02· cited 63×
• Sims v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-01-04· cited 52×
• Wilson v. Bonner
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-03-09· cited 51×
• Bobo v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-03-15· cited 43×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1969-05-22· cited 39×
• Kimble v. Kimble
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-10-20· cited 28×
• Rasnake v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-11-23· cited 9×
• Tiller v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-09-14· cited 8×
• Associated Grocers Co-Op, Inc. v. Trust Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-03-04· cited 8×
• Hanlon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-04-06· cited 5×